Several years ago, Carrie Gelson of There's A Book for That and Maria Selke of Maria's Melange started us down the path of giving love to all the books that came before, the ones we have on shelves, but still haven't read! There is a small group of us who began sharing lists titled #MustReadIn2014. My list is now #MustReadIn2017, a few from the previous lists. You can see #MustReadIn2016 above, too.Thanks for hosting, Carrie! Find the latest group update HERE!
"A Poem begins with a lump in the throat."
~Robert Frost
Perhaps we can say that about all the books we read?
April is #NPM17 - National Poetry Month.
Poetic things of interest:
Irene Latham's Progressive Poem's schedule is on the page above.
If you'd like to see what everyone is doing for Poetry Month, look HERE at Jama Rattigan's post at Jama's Alphabet Soup.
My goal for Poetry Month: TINY THINGS. My point of view may surprise you, but I'm excited to write, share, and read how everyone writes to meet their special goals for celebrating poetry month.
Here is my poem today with a connection to "MUSTS".
My Tiny List
I retired a while ago,
no need for ‘musts’,
my life is slow.
The list is small,
it doesn’t grow.
Time to read
the overflow.
Linda Baie © All Rights Reserved
MY "MUST READ" re-cap so far this year. I become so excited when I hear about a new book, especially by a favorite author. It's hard to pull a book that's been sitting on a shelf too long unloved and start reading. This particular group has helped, and I've read some beautiful books since the new year began. Out of 26 books, I've read 7! I'm slowly reading Mary Oliver's Upstream, and just got The Meaning of Maggie from the library. I own most, so I don't have to wait to begin any. Here's a little bit about the ones completed. If you see one in the first list that you adored, let me know.